In early trading, NVIDIA leads as the best-performing Dow component, up 4.2%, with a 27.3% year-to-date gain. Meanwhile, American Express is the worst performer, down 2.0%, but still showing a 6.0% YTD gain. JPMorgan Chase is down 1.1% and Apple is up 0.9% on the day.

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